It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Captain Marvel With Anna Cale

Captain Marvel (2019) - Anna Cale joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Carol Danvers discovering she probably didn't need to stock up on all of that Iams after all in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie - and television series by television series - hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s Captain Marvel from 2019, and joining Tim for a chat about Carol Danvers discovering she probably didn’t need to stock up on all that Iams after all is writer Anna Cale. What will they find to say about Carol Danvers’ sitcom-friendly credentials, Nick Fury getting in touch with his feminine side and how loudly you should inform the rest of your household if a movie has a cat in it, and what does any of this have to do with the importance of remembering to bring a hair bobble when fighting aliens? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can also find Anna on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about The Marvels here and Spider-Man: Homecoming here as well as Una McCormack on Captain Marvel here, Ms. Marvel here and The Marvels here, Martin Ruddock on Secret Invasion here and Hanna Flint on WandaVision here.

Anna has also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar talking about the Neighbours sticker album, Wendy Cracked A Walnut, Rogue, Sosmix, Secrets Of The Sea and the Shackleton’s High Seat Chairs advert here, Sport Billy, Silly Games by Lindy Layton, Joni Jones, The Girl In The Picture, Return To Eden, The Incredible Hulk Smash-Up Action Game, Trev And Simon’s Stupid Video and Dors’ Dozen here and Dooby Duck’s Disco Bus, Grange Hill‘s Ronnie Birtles’ shoplifting storyline, Ken Loach’s McDonald’s advert, Nelson’s Column, The Doberman Gang, ‘Hair Jewels’ and 31 Days In May here. You can also find Anna on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Press Gang here.